Enhanced field emission of rm tio2 nanowires with uv illumination

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-125

  Wang, Sin Hui ^a   Tsai, Tsung Ying ^a   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Weng, Wen Yin ^a   Chang, Sheng Po ^a   Hsu, Cheng Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

filed electron emission; TiO2 nanowires; UV illumination

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED FIELD EMISSION; FIELD-EMISSION PROPERTIES; RUTILE STRUCTURE; SI SUBSTRATES; TIO; TURN-ON FIELD; UV ILLUMINATIONS; VACUUM LEVEL;

FIELD EMISSION; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84891524162     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2013.2287893     Document Type: Article

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